The corpus record

μηλο-σφᾰγέω

melosphageo

slay sheep

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Where it lives

Lysistrata 2 · 2.52/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k

What it meant

μηλο-σφᾰγέω · mēlo-sphageō — LSJ

slay sheep, offer sheep, offer sacrifice, offer

slay sheep, ἱερὰ μ. offer sheep in sacrifice, S. El. 280: abs., μ. δαιμόνων ἐπʼ ἐσχάραις E. Fr. 628: generally, offer sacrifice, βουθύτοις ἐπʼ ἐσχάραις Ar. Av. 1232, cf. Porph. Abst. 1.57; μ. εἰς ἀσπίδα Ar. Lys. 189 (hence perh. to be read in A. Th. 43 for ταυροσφ-): comically, offer, οἴνου σταμνίον Ar. Lys. 196.

In the wild

μηλοσφαγεῖν · mēlosphagein Aristophanes, Birds 1.1230 (DIORISIS sentence 919)
μηλοσφαγούσας · mēlosphagousas Aristophanes, Lysistrata 190 (DIORISIS sentence 161)
μηλοσφαγοῦσαι · mēlosphagousai Aristophanes, Lysistrata 195 (DIORISIS sentence 168)
μηλοσφαγεῖ · mēlosphagei Sophocles, Electra 277–281

Where it came from

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